Memo of conversation by Sumner Welles
Memo of conversation, drafted by Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, reporting on an in-person meeting with Polish Ambassador Jan Ciechanowski regarding the severance of Soviet-Polish relations.
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Polish-Soviet relations, and of answering numerous
questions of the members of the House of Lords and
Commons.
In his exposé the Polish Prime Minister gave proof
that the Soviets were guilty of breach of the clauses of
the Polish-Soviet Agreement signed in London on July 30,
1941.
Foreign Secretary Eden introduced General Sikorski
in a very warm and friendly speech and also summed up
the proceedings at the end stressing British-Polish
friendship and solidarity and the important part played
by Poland in the present conflict.
The Prime Minister also explained the facts leading
up to the discovery of the murdered 10,000 Polish offi-
cers and members of the Polish intelligentsia near
Smolensk, and the necessity for clearing up this matter.
General Sikorski's exposé and his answers to ques-
tions appeared to have deeply impressed his listeners
who showed complete understanding and approval of the
Polish attitude with regard to the development of Polish-
Soviet relations.
III. In the matter of the missing Polish officers
Count Raczynski sent a note to Ambassador Bogomolov on
April 20th in which he stressed that, regardless of
German revelations on the subject, the Polish Government
never regarded this matter as closed considering that it
had been trying to obtain from the Soviet Government de-
tailed information about the fate of the said officers.
In his note Count Raczynski refers to the Soviet Informa-
tion Bureau communique of April 15th, which tends to
show that the USSR Government is in possession of more
information on the subject of these officers than it
had hithrto communicated to the Polish Government, and
he renews his request that the Polish Government be in-
formed by the USSR Government of all the details concern-
ing the fate of these officers who had been taken prisoner
by the Soviet forces in Poland.
Count Raczynski concludes his note by pointing out
that only definite statements of fact pertaining to the
fate of these officers can satisfy the Polish Government
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